Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Monday, February 24, 2014

We are so excited to have you here with us this week! In case you are new here, this party is hosted by FIVE bloggers! That means when you enter your links on one of our blogs, they will show up on FIVE blogs total! FIVE times the publicity for YOU! We will each pick our favorites every week, so that's FIVE times the chance for YOU to be featured!

Thursday, February 20, 2014

I was asked by a client to come up with a room for a teen that LOVES Audrey Hepburn movies. She asked for a little bit "Sabrina" and a little bit "Breakfast at Tiffanys". She wanted sophisticated yet still fun and not too "matchy". So a vintage, boho, flat style was what I was trying to achieve. We needed to incorporate a few pieces that she had already and a new, exciting Kilim rug was on the MUST HAVE list. I encouraged and sourced a high quality Kilim that will be an heirloom for this teen girl...something that she can take with her and use her entire life. As a matter of fact, working within budget, we were able to find investment pieces (Rug, Bed, Lamp) that are staples that will never go out of style.

As always, I saw so many things in the sets this week.
Every week I love to see the downstairs kitchen area. I've talked about copper, backsplashes, gray paint, sconces and antlers before. The sconces and antlers had me again this week.

Monday, February 17, 2014

There is going to be a GOOD change with Give Me the Goods!You see, all of us have gotten extremely busy...and it dawned on a few of us that you may be extremely busy, too. So we are combining our weekly Sunday Features post with our Monday link party post. Monday will be your one stop for seeing if you were featured AND for linking up!And did you know, that this is party #48..we are only a couple of weeks away from party #50!!! We'll be celebrating and sharing something fun with all of you amazing do-GOODERS!

The things that stay the same:

We are so excited to have you here with us this week! In case you are new here, this party is hosted by FIVE bloggers! That means when you enter your links on one of our blogs, they will show up on FIVE blogs total! FIVE times the publicity for YOU! We will each pick our favorites every week, so that's FIVE times the chance for YOU to be featured!

Thursday, February 13, 2014

My Godfather, Uncle Louie, had a drawer full of chocolate peanut butter cups from a swanky chocolate shop in Rockport, MA {TUCK'S Candies) the last time I visited him. He made the mistake of letting me know where his 'stash' was and I cleaned out an entire box of enormous peanut butter cups over the course of the week that I was staying with him. OOPS.

It was then that I thought, "I could make these".

Over the years, I've tried several different recipes and have developed my own.

They're so good that my dog once ate 3 dozen off of our kitchen table the day before Christmas {and survived]...just saying, they're irresistible.

Music is a part of me. So much that I usually always have a song going on in my head...especially while I write and blog. That being said, most of my freebie printables that I share here at Commona My House (which is another song, by the way)... are song lyrics. So this Valentine Week I will be sharing a free printable each day. They'll be some of my favorite love songs in all different genres.
Come back each day to see what the song of the day is. It may be one that you know and love...it may be new to you.

Music is a part of me. So much that I usually always have a song going on in my head...especially while I write and blog. That being said, most of my freebie printables that I share here at Commona My House (which is another song, by the way)... are song lyrics. So this Valentine Week I will be sharing a free printable each day. They'll be some of my favorite love songs in all different genres.
Come back each day to see what the song of the day is. It may be one that you know and love...it may be new to you.

Use these printables as cards, tags, frame them, put them on the fridge...use them!

Maybe it's because Mr. Blake is growing on me. He may be growing on Mary as well. Maybe it's because I loved this actor, Julian Ovenden as Val in The Forsythe Saga...but I think he'll be around for a while here on Downton. To read an interview with Julian about Downton, as well as the pig scene, click here.

Last night was all about pigs , a nurse who talks as much as a drunken vicar and politics in Ripon.

But don't go thinking I was preoccupe' (as Rosamund says to Edith), I paid attention and made
a few observations that were in the background this week:

I loved to see the change in clothing...it has been evolving all season, but the 1920's free style, no more fussy dresses, modern day wear on Cora was fabulous this time around. I also loved seeing the Earl's striped tie. This is so now...so Anthropologie. Interesting how it all comes around again.

Have I mentioned yet that I think Gregson is a spy? Not sure which side. At this time in British history, there were several covert spy rings among upper class and even titled families. There were even folks (and maybe an American President, that believed the Prince of Wales was involved with the Germans). (If you are into Hugh Bonneville, check out Glorious 39. It takes place later than the time period of Downton, but on the eve of WWII).

Poor, Poor, Edith. She can't catch a break can she? But what a brave woman she has become.

Speaking of Edith, when she had the conversation with Cora about Greggson (watch this scene here) and heading up to London AGAIN, did you catch the ottoman she was sitting on?
An X-Base Stool

We were shown a few bed chambers this week. What I noticed in both Mary's and Violet's rooms were their lovely vanitys. I think I have to figure out a way to have one.

I thought that the writing this week was fabulous. There were really excellent dialogues going on and some memorable one liners: